Sailor Moon is among the most well-known anime in the world. Since their debut two decades ago, the "magical girls" have spawned thousands of toys, live action dramas, video games and even a musical. Needless to say, the series has incredible stay...

'Ao Haru Ride' Official Anime Site Opens Posted by Chris Beveridge January 11, 2014 at 12:02 PM The announcement hit a couple of days ago that Io Sakisaka's manga Ao Haru Ride was going to get an anime adaptation and now the official site has opened.

Chen Guangbiao is an audacious man, and not just because he wants to buy the New York Times for $1 billion (or $2 billion or $3 billion). One of China's top 400 richest people, he was estimated to have a personal fortune of worth $740 million in 2...

You hungry? Like really, really hungry? Well, have I got a meal for you. Curry restaurant Gold Curry has a special "challenge menu. " (Note: Japanese curry is different from Southeast Asian curry. Website Ishikawa Jet has a good explainer.

Samurai Flamenco Episode 12Flamen Blaster! What They Say: Masayoshi Hazama: a man who has become a superhero "by himself" with no superhuman powers or any sort of high-tech conversions, NONE! ! Hidenori Goto: a cop who found out the true identity ...

pupa – 01 Filed under First Impressions, Series Introduction, Snapshots by Cherrie | 0 Comments OP Sequence OP: 「pupa」 by 木戸衣吹、山崎エリイ (Kido Ibuki & Yamazaki Erii) So one of my more anticipated series this season… ends up being a 5-min short.

Eva's First Impression Wake Up, Girls starts off on a low note, but they definitely gave us the pointers that there will be serious angst and drama in the upcoming episodes. Shimada Mayu is the one in the spotlight for the upcoming angst as she wa...

In the past, Japanese government certainly hasn't been shy about using anime and manga to promote tourism to the country. And with anime tourism currently on the rise in Japan, the land of the rising sun is now also inviting students from the Phil...

The Premium Bandai shop is now taking pre-orders for the Kamen Rider Agito Art Archives Icon, a collection which includes a booklet featuring interviews with the show's staff and the iconic painting seen in the show's opening sequence.

Kane Kosugi (Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, Godzilla: Final Wars) announced on his blog that he will star in the next Tekken live-action film. Entitled "Tekken: A Man Called X", this film will serve as a prequel to the 2010 live-action film adaptation o...

Mahou Sensou wastes no time in meeting everyone's expectations by giving us an utterly generic and laughably bad first episode – it destroys any lingering hopes some may have of it surprising its audience.

Sentai Filmworks is closing in on the February 11th, 2014 re-release of MM! and it's a release that's getting quite the upgrade. The original release was subtitled-only on DVD but this one has gotten a new dub for the run as well as getting a Blu-...

Comic Studio, the upcoming Nintendo 3DS app that will allow users to create their own manga or comics, will be released in the west, Siliconera can reveal. Collavier, the Japanese developer behind the app, have confirmed to us that a western rel...

Jan11 Vanishment This World! Hello and welcome to one of the most looked forward to sequels of the season! So how was the return to the world of the Tyrant's Eye and the Dark Flame Master? Living Alone or Living Together?

OP2 Sequence OP2: ("The♡World's♡End") by (Horie Yui) 「夏が来た] (Natsu ga kita) "Summer Has Come" Time heals all wounds, so the old saying goes. I only wish that were true. Two weeks ago I said that the long winter's break with Golden Time was indeed ...

'Recently, My Sister Is Unusual' Manga Getting Bundled Anime Episode Posted by Chris Beveridge January 10, 2014 at 03:54 PM Recently, My Sister Is Unusual With the winter season of Recently, My Sister Is Unusual in the wild now after the first epi...

The Wind Rises It's always interesting to see the different places certain things crop up, especially when they're more mainstream than most anime properties are in America. With the release of The Wind Rises on February 21st in the US, the Wall S...

Miss Monochrome Episode 7 With the Miss Monochrome series having finished, it's not the end for the character as the good! Afternoon magazine from Kodansha will be bringing the character to life there starting with the February 7th issue.

Letter From The Editor January 2014 Greg January 10th, 2014 Hi, It Is I the owner, and administrator of the site you are reading right now. I figured it would be a good idea to do this "from the editor's desk" type of deal to keep all of you who p...

OP2 Sequence OP2: 「ebb and flow」 by Ray 「約束の日」 (Yakusoku no Hi) "The Promised Day" Well that preview was a red herring if I ever saw one. After our eventful halfway point, I was definitely expecting a time skip of sorts, but when the preview flash...

「君に薔薇薔薇…という感じ」 (Kimi ni Bara Bara? Toyuu Kanji) "I'm Crazy For You. " Kill la Kill's back for its second half, and it's exactly the kind of game-changing episode the series needed. It explored the aftermath of the series' hectic first half, gave u...

The clearer version of the Power Rangers Super Megaforce marketing teaser was uploaded to Bandai's YouTube channel. The teaser is similar to the ones the teasers recorded by RangerCrew. Power Rangers Super Megaforce will utilize footage coming fro...

Fans of Konami's LovePlus series in Japan can look forward to the next entry pretty soon, with New LovePlus+ officially set for March 27 in stores and on the eShop. This version adds new scenarios and travel destinations, and will be available as ...

Hozuki no Reitetsu Kuuki: No humans have been harmed in the making of this series. Probably. Now that my quirky introduction is out-of-the-way, I shall present you the story of Hozuki no Reitetsu. Hozuki is the best assistant to the King of Hell, ...

Given the "RapeLay" controversy several years ago and currently failed efforts from the few English visual novel publishers on the market today, it is becoming quite unlikely that we will ever see a KEY visual novel such as Little Busters!

King Dedede has been confirmed as a playable character in the new Super Smash Bros. game for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo shared screenshots of him via the game's official site today, and you can check them out below.